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"Why, Mr. Broad? You cannot doubt on which side the right lies."
"No; but then there are so many things to be considered, so many
responsibilities, and my first care, you see, must be the ministerial
office and the church which Providence has placed in my charge."
"But, Mr. Broad, there are only two or three of them who are Tory."
"Only old Bushel and another farmer or two," interrupted George.
Mr. Broad looked severely at George, but did not condescend to answer
him.
"Those two or three, Brother Allen, require consideration as much as
ourselves. Brother Bushel is, I may say, a pillar of the cause, a
most faithful follower of the Lord; and what are political questions
compared with that? How could I justify myself if my liberty were to
become a stumbling-block to my brother. The house of God without
Brother Bushel to give out the hymns on Sunday would, I am sure, not
be the same house of God to any of us."
"But, Mr. Broad, do you think he will be so silly as to be offended
because you exercise the same right which he claims for himself?"
"Ah, Brother Allen--offended! You remember, no doubt, the text,
'Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh
while the world standeth.
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